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Paris Grand Slam

NGAYAP HAMBOU MAXIME-GAEL of FRANCE and CHOUCHI SAMI of BELGIUM 1/4 Finale - 90 KG MEN during the Paris Grand Slam 2024, IJF Judo event on February 4 2024 at Accor Arena in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Grand Slam

NGAYAP HAMBOU MAXIME-GAEL of FRANCE and CHOUCHI SAMI of BELGIUM 1/4 Finale - 90 KG MEN during the Paris Grand Slam 2024, IJF Judo event on February 4 2024 at Accor Arena in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Grand Slam

NGAYAP HAMBOU MAXIME-GAEL of FRANCE and CHOUCHI SAMI of BELGIUM 1/4 Finale - 90 KG MEN during the Paris Grand Slam 2024, IJF Judo event on February 4 2024 at Accor Arena in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Grand Slam

NGAYAP HAMBOU MAXIME-GAEL of FRANCE and CHOUCHI SAMI of BELGIUM 1/4 Finale - 90 KG MEN during the Paris Grand Slam 2024, IJF Judo event on February 4 2024 at Accor Arena in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Grand Slam

NGAYAP HAMBOU MAXIME-GAEL of FRANCE and CHOUCHI SAMI of BELGIUM 1/4 Finale - 90 KG MEN during the Paris Grand Slam 2024, IJF Judo event on February 4 2024 at Accor Arena in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Grand Slam

NGAYAP HAMBOU MAXIME-GAEL of FRANCE and CHOUCHI SAMI of BELGIUM 1/4 Finale - 90 KG MEN during the Paris Grand Slam 2024, IJF Judo event on February 4 2024 at Accor Arena in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Grand Slam

NGAYAP HAMBOU MAXIME-GAEL of FRANCE and CHOUCHI SAMI of BELGIUM 1/4 Finale - 90 KG MEN during the Paris Grand Slam 2024, IJF Judo event on February 4 2024 at Accor Arena in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Grand Slam

NGAYAP HAMBOU MAXIME-GAEL of FRANCE and CHOUCHI SAMI of BELGIUM 1/4 Finale - 90 KG MEN during the Paris Grand Slam 2024, IJF Judo event on February 4 2024 at Accor Arena in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Grand Slam

NGAYAP HAMBOU MAXIME-GAEL of FRANCE and CHOUCHI SAMI of BELGIUM 1/4 Finale - 90 KG MEN during the Paris Grand Slam 2024, IJF Judo event on February 4 2024 at Accor Arena in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Grand Slam

NGAYAP HAMBOU MAXIME-GAEL of FRANCE and CHOUCHI SAMI of BELGIUM 1/4 Finale - 90 KG MEN during the Paris Grand Slam 2024, IJF Judo event on February 4 2024 at Accor Arena in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Grand Slam

NGAYAP HAMBOU MAXIME-GAEL of FRANCE and CHOUCHI SAMI of BELGIUM 1/4 Finale - 90 KG MEN during the Paris Grand Slam 2024, IJF Judo event on February 4 2024 at Accor Arena in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-JUDO-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230515) -- DOHA, May 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Losseni Kone (L) of Germany competes against Guram Tushishvili of Georgia during the men's +90 kg competition of the mixed team event's bronze medal match at the World Judo Championships Doha 2023 in Doha, Qatar on May 14, 2023. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-JUDO-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230515) -- DOHA, May 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Segawa Maya (L) of Japan reacts next to Coralie Hayme of France during the women's -90 kg competition of the mixed team event's gold medal match at the World Judo Championships Doha 2023 in Doha, Qatar on May 14, 2023. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-JUDO-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230515) -- DOHA, May 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Saito Tatsuru (top) of Japan competes against Joseph Terhec of France during the men's +90 kg competition of the mixed team event's gold medal match at the World Judo Championships Doha 2023 in Doha, Qatar on May 14, 2023. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-JUDO-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230515) -- DOHA, May 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Segawa Maya (bottom) of Japan competes against Coralie Hayme of France during the women's -90 kg competition of the mixed team event's gold medal match at the World Judo Championships Doha 2023 in Doha, Qatar on May 14, 2023. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-JUDO-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230515) -- DOHA, May 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Saito Tatsuru (L) of Japan competes against Joseph Terhec of France during the men's +90 kg competition of the mixed team event's gold medal match at the World Judo Championships Doha 2023 in Doha, Qatar on May 14, 2023. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-JUDO-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(230515) -- DOHA, May 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tajima Goki (L) of Japan competes against Maxime-Gael Ngayap Hambou of France during the men's -90 kg competition of the mixed team event's gold medal match at the World Judo Championships Doha 2023 in Doha, Qatar on May 14, 2023. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

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(SP)PORTUGAL-ALMADA-JUDO-GRAND PRIX PORTUGAL 2023

(230130) -- ALMADA, Jan. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Brasnjovic Darko (bottom) of Serbia competes against Clerget Axel of France during the men's -90 kg bronze medal match at Judo Grand Prix Portugal 2023 in Almada, Portugal, on Jan. 29, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Fiuza/Xinhua)

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(SP)PORTUGAL-ALMADA-JUDO-GRAND PRIX PORTUGAL 2023

(230130) -- ALMADA, Jan. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Brasnjovic Darko (R) of Serbia competes against Clerget Axel of France during the men's -90 kg bronze medal match at Judo Grand Prix Portugal 2023 in Almada, Portugal, on Jan. 29, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Fiuza/Xinhua)

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(SP)PORTUGAL-ALMADA-JUDO-GRAND PRIX PORTUGAL 2023

(230130) -- ALMADA, Jan. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ivanov Ivaylo (C) of Bulgary competes against Toth Krisztian of Hungary (R) during the men's -90 kg gold medal match at Judo Grand Prix Portugal 2023 in Almada, Portugal, on Jan. 29, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Fiuza/Xinhua)

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S. Korean Song wins gold in Olympic men's 90-kg judo

LONDON, Britain - South Korea's Song Dae Nam poses with the gold medal he won in the men's judo 90-kilogram category at the 2012 London Olympics, at the ExCeL competition venue on Aug. 1, 2012. Song beat Cuba's Asley Gonzalez in the final match.

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Georgia's Tsirekidze captures Olympic judo 90-kg gold

BEIJING, China - Georgia's Irakli Tsirekidze celebrates after capturing the men's 90-kilogram class judo gold at the Beijing Olympics by defeating Amar Benikhlef of Ageria in the final at Beijing University of Science and Technology Stadium on Aug. 13.

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Izumi wins 90-kg gold at Super World Cup judo meet

HUMBURG, Germany - Japan's Hiroshi Izumi (in blue) captures the gold medal in the men's 90-kilogram class with an ippon victory over Sergei Aschwanden of Switzerland at the Super World Cup judo tournament in Hamburg, Germany on Feb. 24.

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Izumi wins 90-kg gold at Super World Cup judo meet

HUMBURG, Germany - Japan's Hiroshi Izumi (in blue) captures the gold medal in the men's 90-kilogram class with an ippon victory over Sergei Aschwanden of Switzerland at the Super World Cup judo tournament in Hamburg, Germany on Feb. 24.

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Traditional rice cake lifting event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman lifts a 90-kilogram rice cake during an annual event at Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23. A total of 74 men and women aged between 12 and 64 competed to see how long they could keep holding up the rice cakes -- a 105-kg cake for men and a 90-kg one for women -- in the event, which has a history of more than 400 years.

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Greece's Iliadis wins 90-kg final at Kano Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Ilias Iliadis of Greece (upper) defeats Japan's former world champion Hiroshi Izumi by yusei in the 90-kg final of the Kano Cup international judo tournament at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Dec. 8.

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Izumi wins 90-kg title at world judo championships

CAIRO, Egypt - Japan's Hiroshi Izumi (L), overcoming a right arm injury, beat Ilias Iliadis of Greece to win the men's 90-kilogram class at the world judo championships at Cairo Stadium in Cairo on Sept. 9.

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Georgia's Zviadauri wins men's 90-kg judo

ATHENS, Greece - Zurab Zviadauri of Georgia (L) throws Japan's Hiroshi Izumi during the men's 90-kg class judo final of the 2004 Olympic Games at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 18. Zviadauri won the gold medal.

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World champion Yoshida wins Olympic berth

FUKUOKA, Japan - World champion and 1992 Olympic gold medalist Hidehiko Yoshida drops Nippon Steel teammate Masatoshi Tobitsuka for an ippon victory in the 90-kg final at the judo weight class national championships April 2. The victory returned 30-year-old Yoshida to the Japanese national team for a third straight Olympics.

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Japanese judo gold medalists salute supporters

BIRMINGHAM, England - Japanese gold medalists salute supporters after the Oct. 10 end of the World Judo Championships held in Birmingham, England. The gold medalists (from L to R) are Shinichi Shinohara (men's open event), Ryoko Tamura (women's 48-kg), Keiko Maeda (women's 63-kg) and Hidehiko Yoshida (men's 90-kg).

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Paris Grand Slam Judo Event

Men -90 kg, Abderrahmane Diao of Senegal and Alexis Mathieu of France compete during the Paris Grand Slam 2021, Judo event on October 17, 2021 at AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Grand Slam Judo Event

Men -90 kg, Kenta NAGASAWA of Japan gold medal competes and beats Tato GRIGALASHVILI of Gerorgia during the Paris Grand Slam 2021, Judo event on October 17, 2021 at AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Grand Slam Judo Event

Men -90 kg, Kenta NAGASAWA of Japan gold medal competes during the Paris Grand Slam 2021, Judo event on October 17, 2021 at AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Grand Slam Judo Event

Men -90 kg, KHALMURZAEV Khusen (RUS) Silver medal NAGASAWA Kenta (JPN) Gold medal, EGUTIDZE Anri (POR) and MAISURADZE Luka (GEO) Bronze medal during the podium ceremony of the Paris Grand Slam at AccorHotels Arena on October 17, 2021 in Paris, France. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Izumi wins 90-kg title at world judo championships

CAIRO, Egypt - Japan's Hiroshi Izumi (L), overcoming a right arm injury, beat Ilias Iliadis of Greece to win the men's 90-kilogram class at the world judo championships at Cairo Stadium in Cairo on Sept. 9. (Kyodo)

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Greece's Iliadis wins 90-kg final at Kano Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Ilias Iliadis of Greece (upper) defeats Japan's former world champion Hiroshi Izumi by yusei in the 90-kg final of the Kano Cup international judo tournament at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Dec. 8. (Kyodo)

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Izumi wins 90-kg gold at Super World Cup judo meet

HUMBURG, Germany - Japan's Hiroshi Izumi (in blue) captures the gold medal in the men's 90-kilogram class with an ippon victory over Sergei Aschwanden of Switzerland at the Super World Cup judo tournament in Hamburg, Germany on Feb. 24. (Kyodo)

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Izumi wins 90-kg gold at Super World Cup judo meet

HUMBURG, Germany - Japan's Hiroshi Izumi (in blue) captures the gold medal in the men's 90-kilogram class with an ippon victory over Sergei Aschwanden of Switzerland at the Super World Cup judo tournament in Hamburg, Germany on Feb. 24. (Kyodo)

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Japan wrestler Ota reacts after winning 5th-round match in Seoul Olympics

File photo taken on Sept. 28, 1988, shows Japan's Akira Ota holding up his fists in triumph after defeating Jim Scherr of the United States in a fifth-round match in the men's 90-kg class freestyle wrestling event at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul. Ota went on to win the silver medal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Olympian Ota teaches wrestling at Tokyo's Waseda University

Akira Ota (rear), silver medalist at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympic Games in the men's 90-kg class freestyle wrestling competition, teaches a wrestling class for adults at Waseda University's Open College on Feb. 26, 2015, at the university's wrestling facility in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan wrestler Ota during 1st-round match in 1992 Barcelona Olympics

File photo taken on Aug. 5, 1992, shows Japan's Akira Ota (top) fighting New Zealand's Terrence Parker in a first-round match in the men's 90-kg class freestyle wrestling event at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona. Ota, who won silver in the 1984 Los Angeles Games and in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, was eventually eliminated in the third round by Chris Campbell of the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baker wins bronze in men's 90-kg judo

Matthew Baker of Japan holds his bronze medal in the men's 90-kilogram division at the world judo championships in Astana on Aug. 28, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Georgia's Zviadauri wins men's 90-kg judo

ATHENS, Greece - Zurab Zviadauri of Georgia (L) throws Japan's Hiroshi Izumi during the men's 90-kg class judo final of the 2004 Olympic Games at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens on Aug. 18. Zviadauri won the gold medal. (Kyodo)

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Georgia's Tsirekidze captures Olympic judo 90-kg gold

BEIJING, China - Georgia's Irakli Tsirekidze celebrates after capturing the men's 90-kilogram class judo gold at the Beijing Olympics by defeating Amar Benikhlef of Ageria in the final at Beijing University of Science and Technology Stadium on Aug. 13. (Kyodo)

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Traditional rice cake lifting event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman lifts a 90-kilogram rice cake during an annual event at Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23. A total of 74 men and women aged between 12 and 64 competed to see how long they could keep holding up the rice cakes -- a 105-kg cake for men and a 90-kg one for women -- in the event, which has a history of more than 400 years. (Kyodo)

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Hirose wins judo bronze at Rio Paralympics

Japan's Junko Hirose (L) hugs her husband Haruka after winning the bronze medal in the 57-kilogram division of women's judo at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Sept. 9, 2016. Haruka Hirose will compete in the 90 kg division of men's judo the following day. Judo is contested by visually impaired athletes at the Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo